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Marine militaire ou Recueil des differens vaisseaux qui servent a la guerre : suivis des manoeuvres qui ont le plus de raport au combat, ainsi qua l'ataque et la deffense des ports

by: Ozanne, Nicolas-Marie, 1728-1811

Publication date: 1762

Topics: Warships -- Design and construction, Naval art and science, Naval architecture, Naval maneuvers, Imprint 1762

Publisher: A Paris : Chez Chereau, rue des Mathurins aux 2 Piliers d'or

Collection: JohnCarterBrownLibrary; americana

Contributor: John Carter Brown Library

Language: French

Item Size: 200.2M

[49] leaves of plates (1 folded) : 26 cm

Title, dedication, preface, table of contents and all illustrations and text are etchings by Nicolas-Marie Ozanne. The title is within an elaborate naval-themed architectural frame. The first dedication leaf, "a monseigneur le Duc de Choiseul," is a full page illustration with royal coat of arms

Another edition was printed in Paris for the author, rue S. Thomas du Louvre, la 4.e porte coch[ere] a gauche, en entra[n]t par la rue S. Honore, in the same year

Most plates depict ships or ships formations at top of leaf followed by text and a battle plan or vignette at bottom

This edition has leaves printed on one side only. The dedication leaves and plates 21 and 22 are bound facing each other

See Polak, J. Bibliographie maritime francaise, 7234

Purchase; 19-234